Latex over timber and tiles in Reigate homes
Latex screed is the trade name for a two part compound. One part is a cement based powder, the other a latex liquid used instead of water, and together they cure into a thin layer that grips well. That grip is why flooring fitters ask for it over bases that are sound but not quite ideal.
Timber floors are the commonest example. A first floor bathroom or a kitchen in an older house is often boarded, and boards on their own will never be steady enough for a thin finish. The answer is to overboard them with flooring grade plywood, screwed down firmly, and then lay the latex over the plywood. It should never go straight onto bare floorboards.
Tiles are the second. Where old ceramic or quarry tiles are still stuck fast, lifting them can damage the floor beneath, and a latex layer over the top, after cleaning and priming, can be the tidier route. Loose or hollow sounding tiles always come up first.
Kitchen and bathroom refits anywhere in Reigate, from Mead Vale and Hogden Bottom to Doversgreen, can uncover any of these bases. Where a room is getting new vinyl or LVT and what lies under it is sound, latex is a quick way to prepare it. If the problem is height rather than texture, our Reigate floor levelling page covers deeper compounds and flatness classes.
Damp Wray Park floors and other limits in Reigate
Some floors should not get latex at all, and Reigate has a clear example. Wray Park's Victorian houses and the Doods Road terraces were built before damp proof membranes were standard, and their solid ground floors can draw moisture from below. Latex does not stop damp. Laid over a floor like that, it simply carries the moisture up to the adhesive, and the new finish fails. Those floors need breaking out and relaying with a membrane, which our hand-laid sand and cement screed page explains.
Springy timber is another stop sign. If boards move underfoot, the joists or fixings need attention before any plywood or latex is laid.
The last limit is gross unevenness. Latex is laid thin, and a floor that is badly out of level needs repairing or rescreeding first, then finishing with latex if the flooring calls for it.
Primers matter throughout. Each base, whether plywood, ceramic, concrete or old adhesive, takes its own primer, and calcium sulphate screeds must have their laitance removed and be primed before latex touches them. Where the base needs stripping back first, see our floor preparation work. Just over the boundary, latex screed in Redhill is priced on the same basis.
How we price latex screed in Reigate
A fixed written price within 24 hours, once we know the area and the base. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who lays your latex screed in Reigate
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
See what customers say in our Google reviews and on our testimonials page.
Latex Screed from Slough to Reigate
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 27.8 miles from Reigate, which lies to the south-east. Postcodes here include RH2, KT20 and RH1, and Redhill (1.5 miles), Horley (4.9 miles), Dorking (5.4 miles) and Caterham (6.3 miles) are close by.
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